Hanging device for picture-frames



(No Model.) 7 A. CAMPBELL.

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HANGING DEVICE FOR PICTURE- FRAMES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 370,765. dated October 4. 1887.

Application filed February 1, 1887. Serial No. 226,142.

. To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER CAMPBELL, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in a Hanging Device for Picture- Frames, Mirrors, 850.; and I hereby declare the following to be a full and clear description thereof.

My invention relates to devices for suspending picture-frames, &c.; and its object is to produce a device whereby the vertical adj ustment of the picture frame or the like,'as well as its angle of inclination, may be easily and satisfactorily regulated. I

The novel features of my device are set forth in the claims at the end of this specification.

The invention will be readily understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, of which Figure 1 is a representation of a pictureframe hung with my improved device. 2 is a detail sectional view of the clamping device for adjusting the length of the hangingbars. Fig. 3 is a detail elevation of one of the hanging bars or straps.

The extension bars, straps, or holders A A are preferably formed of wire madeinto a kind of loop, which overlap each other and are held together by a screw-clamp, which consists of two clamping-plates, B B, and a screw, 13. The upper ends of two or more of these pairs of extension-holders are attached to an assembling-ring, O, which forms a hanging-ring for hooking over the rail or picture-hook D in the usual manner. The lower ends of the said extension-holders terminate in a form of hook, E, which is constructed to grasp the edge of the picture or mirror frame F, as shown in Fig.1, and thus the frame is held by the said hook without any ring or other fixture being inserted into the frame, if it is so desired; or hooks or rings may, as usual, he at- Fig.-

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tached to or fixed in the frame in the usual manner and the hooksE then attached thereto. The bars or wires forming the loops A A are made in pairs and placed one upon the other, as shown in Fig. 2, and then the clampingplates B B p1aced,respective1y,on the outsides of the said assembled looping extensionpieces, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, and the screw B is tightened up when the said looping-pieces are adjusted longitudinally, as desired, one upon the other, and these extension-holders are thus made any length desired for any particular frameor place. The looped pieces A A are made of any desired length, so as to be adaptable whenever required. By means of these adjustable pieces the frame F may be tipped forward at its top and held back to the wall at its bottom at any desired angle of inclination by simply making either the'top or bottomhangers longer or shorter, as may be desired, by means of the longitudinal adjustment of the hanging-bars, as described.

Having described my invention, I claim- 1. A suspending device for picture-frames or the like, whereby vertical adjustment, as well as the desired angle of inclination, may be regulated, comprising a series of longitudinally-adjustable hangers provided with suit able attaching-hooks and an assembling-ring, substantially as set forth.

2. A hanging device for picture-frames or the like, comprising a series of longitudinallyadjustable rods or straps, an assembling ring or loop for the series, and attaching-hooks upon the free ends of said rods or bars, substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two witnesses.

ALEXANDER CAMPBELL.

Witnesses:

J OHN H. RYNDERs, STEPHEN CLARK. 

